President Hollande declares a state of emergency after attacks in Paris

Lahore: Terrorist attacks of an unprecedented level are under way across the Paris region,” Hollande said in an emotional televised message.

“It’s a horror.”

He declared a state of emergency across the entire country and cancelled his trip to this weekend’s G20 summit in Turkey.

French media reacted with horror but determination to the scenes of devastation in several locations in Paris.”War in central Paris,” splashed centre-right daily Le Figaro, with Le Parisien taking up a similar theme.”This time it’s war.”

The most bloody of the attacks was at the Bataclan, where police said around 120 people were killed.

“We heard so many gunshots and the terrorists were very calm, very determined,” Julien Pearce, a reporter for France’s Europe 1 radio, told CNN .

Other witnesses told French media how the attackers forced people to lie on the floor and then sprayed them with bullets, shooting at anyone who tried to flee.

Police decided to launch the assault “very quickly because they were killing everyone,” said a source close to the investigation.

– ‘Attack on all humanity’ –

An extra 1,500 soldiers were mobilised to reinforce police in Paris, Hollande’s office said, while mayor Anne Hidalgo urged residents to stay at home.